Phoenix Coaters has announced plans to construct a new 303,000-square-foot building in Beaver Dam, WI, to house a new state-of-the-art e-coat and topcoat paint system.
The demands made of downstream users of chemicals and the provisions that they must comply with under the REACH Regulation were the subject of the first BYK Downstream Users’ Day, held in Düsseldorf, Germany.
BASF has outlined its Strategy 2020 for Asia Pacific, with the goal of growing a average of two percentage points faster than the Asia-Pacific chemical market each year. With expected market growth of four to five percent per year, this would double regional sales by 2020 while earning a premium on cost of capital.
Evonik Industries has completed work on a large complex for polymers, plastics intermediates and coating systems in Shanghai, China, and has brought the quarter billion euro facility fully on stream.
Teknos has established a joint venture company with a local paint manufacturer in Russia. The new company is called Teknos Deco. Teknos is the majority shareholder.
Lignol Energy Corp. (Lignol), a technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, and PPG Industries Inc. (PPG) have announced a joint development agreement for the development of commercial applications incorporating Lignol’s unique class of High-Purity Lignin and lignin derivatives (HP-L™ lignin) in various industrial coatings.